Nation: Kentucky's Shrewd Lady

If nothing else, Thelma Stovall has found a novel way to make the
Governor of Kentucky stick to his old Kentucky home. If he wanders too
far or tarries too long beyond the state's borders, he had better look
back and ask, "What's Thelma up to now?"

Stovall, 59, a modest but tough Democratic politician, struck first in
1959. She was secretary of state then, the third-ranking office in
Kentucky, and she found one day that both Governor Happy Chandler and
his Lieutenant Governor were away. By law,...